Custom and standard bridges for G scale, O scale, and garden railways

_________________________________________________________________________________Gnome Miniature Engineering is located beside the Grand River in Ontario, Canada, acknowledged to be the traditional land of the Six Nations of the Grand River.

GME MODEL RAILWAY BRIDGESare multi-scale working structures for small railways rather than scale models. They are hand built from laser cut, brake formed parts, and assembled by traditional solid riveting. Structures designed to your own requirements can be built at a reasonable cost when standard parts are used.

Standard bridges are built from corrosion resistant materials for year round operation on garden railways. They are ready to use, painted or unpainted, except for the installation of the track. They have been used with track from 16.5mm gauge for 0n30 to 63.5mm for Gauge 3.

EDUCATIONAL MODEL TRUSSES: The truss bridges are available as educational models to demonstrate the principles and properties of trusses. These will normally be supplied unpainted and without decks. Material and section data are available.

The model number (TR32 etc) indicates the type and length of the bridge deck in inches. For prices, availability, installation drawings and enquiries about custom designs, please contact us atgme@gnomengineers.com

03 December 2013

Bridge piers

Bridge piers are in three types: elevated railway style (above) 5.75" (146mm) high, with the width to the user's requirement. The two truss tower types (below) are 12 or 24" high, but please note that they will now only be built to special order after the current component inventory is exhausted.

The group of bridges and piers above is for sale through Bigboyztrains, Hamilton, Ontario.

TR42 with assistant gnome

TR24 through truss for 0 scale

TR32 through truss for 0 scale

TR32D double track

0 scale BA24 bascule - trunnion end

Inchinnan bascule bridge (Sir William Arrol & Co. 1923)

Inchinnan photos by courtesy of Tom Carreyette

Bascule bridge for S and 0 gauge designed by Frank Grantham

0 gauge and S gauge bascule bridge

Deck detail

PL47NT ready to ship

Who are we?

﻿A small group of people with diverse engineering backgrounds, based near the old industrial town of Galt, now part of Cambridge, Ontario, in Canada. A grandfather and great grandfather of one of the team were blacksmiths in the Clyde shipyards in Scotland, so our riveted structures have a little history built into them.

Visitor map

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A unique bridge designed and built for a client in Turkey to display a 1:8 scale live steam model of a London & South Western Railway O2 locomotive. It is built in steel with over 4,000 rivets, steel bullhead rail in chairs laid on red cedar deck timbers. (Photo by owner)

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Station structure for an 0 gauge elevated railway - special commission